New Laptop Has Frequent USB Glitches

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My month old laptop has recently developed frequent USB glitches. My mouse and audio interface connect via USB. About once a minute the connection fails for a few seconds.

I tried batteries in the mouse. Worse. I tried plugging the mouse and keyboard interface into the second USB port. Worse. I have Comodo malware detection software installed already. Now what?
 
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Try a different mouse brand, too. I have a Logitech mouse that works on MacOS and Windows but not Linux. Before converting my laptop to Linux, I used the mouse on Windows with the laptop. After conversion, it never worked, so I know there's some incompatibility between the mouse and Linux.

It will connect then immediately disconnect no matter what I try. The only mouse that works is a wired one.

Sometimes, other devices using USB cause this, especially if you're using an extender that plugs into one port, but then you have a couple of drives or sticks attached to it.
 
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And you're of course sure that all the relevant drivers are up to date....
 
I got a wired mouse and the glitches went away.
 
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Just curious: is it possible that there was an another wireless mouse (or other appliance with similar, cheap transmitter?) nearby?

Maybe you can try a BT version, if wireless is desired.
 
Rive said:
Just curious: is it possible that there was an another wireless mouse (or other appliance with similar, cheap transmitter?) nearby?

Maybe you can try a BT version, if wireless is desired.
Nope, nothing else close by.
 
berkeman said:
No phones?
Two smart phones nearby. I've been using the same setup for years with no trouble until now.
 
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Hornbein said:
Nope, nothing else close by.
Equipments of the neighbourhood is out of transmitter range too?
Maybe they bought something new...